2. The purpose of a documentary is to report with
evidence of something that has happened
Ways Documentaries can do
this is by using actual footage
of what they are documenting
on, for example in this clip 9/11
Documentaries can also use
reconstruction to try and
re-tell past events many
historic documentaries use this
technique
3. Types of documentaries
Fully narrated – A voiceover is
used to make sense of visuals
and dominates there meanings
for example planet earth.
Fly on the wall- The Camera’s
film the subject without
interference = for example 24
hours in A&E
Mixed- Uses a combination
of interview, observation and
narration for example Being
Liverpool
4. Docusoaps- These programmes follow
daily lives of particular individuals
within a organisation
Docudrama- Re-enactment of
events as they are suppose to
have actually happened
5. Features of a documentary
John Corner five central
elements of a documentary
Observation- The programme
makes pretend that the camera
is un-seen or ignored by the
people taking part in events.
Interview- TV documentaries rely on
interviews, the interviewee address the
unseen interviewer rather than the
audience. Interviews are interact with
images or observation to illustrate what
they are talking about.
Dramatisation- All
documentaries use a
sense of drama
throughout the
observationment.
Mise-en-scene- Documentary
makes carefully compose shots
so that they contain the images
want the audiences they want
the audience to see.
Exposition- the line
of arguements the
way the arguement
unfolds.
